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- [Narrator] Welcome to another episode

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of the House of Wolverine.

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This week, we will learn a
little bit about our deck

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and our navigation departments.

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- Hi, I'm BM2 Faeline Matthews.

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I'm part of Deck Department,
Second Division's

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onboard USS Gerald R. Ford.

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Okay, So Deck Department,

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we do a lot of things while on the ship.

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We are in charge of navigation,

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we are the ones that actually
drive and control the speed

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and pass the announcements.

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We're also part of Sea and Anchor.

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We are the ones that moor the ship,

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we drop anchor,

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we do underway replenishment,

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small boat operations for safety reasons.

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If a sailor happens to fall overboard,

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or we need to go pick something up,

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we drop the small boat.

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So we're pretty much well-rounded,

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we also do some preservation
on the side as well.

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Teamwork is essential in deck department

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because without each
of us working together

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to accomplish that
task, it won't get done.

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For instance, up here in the forecastle,

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the anchor chain is very large,

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one person can't do it.

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We need sailors to work together

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to get the stoppers off,

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set the brake, unset the brake.

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Pay in and out on the anchor chain.

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It's all positions, you
need safeties everywhere

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because something can happen at any time.

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We tell our sailors
while you're on station,

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everyone is a safety.

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Cause if you see something
that doesn't look right,

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bring it to someone's attention

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because one person can't see everything.

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That's the same for unrepped,

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anchoring, small boat ops.

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It's just an all hands
effort to get that task done.

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- Hi, my name's Alexis.

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I am QM3 Airton.

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I'm currently stationed
on the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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I'm from San Antonio.

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So, a little bit about
my job and what I do.

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I'm a Quartermaster
underway on the Timekeeper.

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I also work on charts, paper charts,

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and the VMS, which is behind me.

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So VMS stands for voyage
management system.

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It is our GPS, tells you where we're at,

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it gives the lat and the long,

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and then it also shows you where you're at

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and what direction you're going.